profession

Definitions

1. 1.That which one professed; a declaration; an avowal; a claim; as, his professions are insincere. The Indians quickly perceive the coincidence or the contradiction between professions and conduct. J. Morse.
2. 2.That of which one professed knowledge; the occupation, if not mechanical, agricultural, or the like, to which one devotes one's self; the business which one professes to understand, and to follow for subsistence; calling; vocation; employment; as, the profession of arms; the profession of a clergyman, lawyer, or physician; the profession of lecturer on chemistry. Hi tried five or six professions in turn. Macaulay. Note: The three professions, or learned professions, are, especially, theology, law, and medicine.
3. 3.The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as, the profession distrust him.
4. 4.(Eccl. Law.) The act of entering, or becoming a member of, a religious order.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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